To discourage any more dated "Hogan hero" headlines, I vote for Shogun as the nickname for the promising Steve Hogan. www.cricket.com.au/news/4435779... #CricketSky #U19CricketWorldCup

Yes, all those World Cup medals & amazing batting innings, but these are Alyssa Healy's best numbers by far. #CricketSky Wicketkeeping in WT20Is (all): Dismissals 126 Catches 63 Stumpings 63 Dismissals/Inn 0.86 Wicketkeeping in WT20I (wins): Dismissals 101 Catches 51 Stumpings 50 Dismissals/Inn 0.98

Wicketkeepers fewest Tests to reach 200 dismissals: 47 A Gilchrist 47 Q de Kock *47 A Carey* 50 B Haddin 52 M Boucher 52 K Akmal 53 R Marsh #CricketSky #TestCricket

Steve Smith's 14 catches in the Ashes broke the fielder-catch record of 13 for a 4-Test series (given Smudge only played in 4 games), & came within 1 of equaling Jack Gregory's >100-year old record of 15 for a 5-Test series. #CricketSky #TestCricket

Update: Most Test catches by a fielder at the SCG: *S Smith 21* G Chappell 19 A Border 18 I Botham 18 M Taylor 18 M Waugh 18 R Simpson 17 #CricketSky #TestCricket

Most catches by a fielder at the SCG: *S Smith 20* G Chappell 19 A Border 18 I Botham 18 M Taylor 18 M Waugh 18 R Simpson 17 #CricketSky #TestCricket

Hooded seal pup, photo by Jeroen Hoekendijk. #SciArt #WildlifePhotography

Yesterday's delightful close encounter: while mowing the lawn, the local gang of apostlebirds (all 12) unperturbedly walked right up to & around me, all the while eating grass seeds & chattering away, perhaps with some happy new year greetings. #Birds #NaturePhotography

It's the perfect time of the year (after suboptimal gift-giving/receiving) for a selection of wonderments from the brilliant Katerina Kamprani. More at her theuncomfortable website. #SciArt

My fave from the LensCulture Street Photography awards: Synchronicities by Kebs Cayabyab. #SciArt #Photography

Just to be clear about all *7* of the Australian wicketkeepers to score at least 1 hundred in AUS v ENG tests: Margaret Jennings Ian Healy Adam Gilchrist Jodie Fields Brad Haddin Beth Mooney Alex Carey #CricketSky #TestCricket

Nice tribute to Elyse Villani (winner of so much & finally a WBBL trophy) by Laura Jolly. We can still enjoy watching her in the WNCL one-day comp for a while yet... www.cricket.com.au/news/4419121... #CricketSky

Spanish imperial eagle - with a heart on its shoulder. Photo by Tomas Calle. #SciArt #BirdPhotography

Wow, just wow. Anderson Phillip's wonderball to bowl Kane Williamson - check it out at ~1:20 in these highlights from NZC www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMH6... #CricketSky #TestCricket

Most Test catches by a fielder vs England: in the last 2 matches Steve Smith has passed Allan Border then Greg Chappell to top the list. Player Mat Inns CtFi D/I *SPD Smith 39 73 66 0.904* GS Chappell 35 68 61 0.897 AR Border 47 88 57 0.647 #CricketSky #TestCricket

Christmas spiders (Austracantha minax). Photos by Lee Murphy & Zartok. #SciArt #NaturePhotography

Most Test catches by a fielder at a single ground: 43: Jayawardene, Sinhalese Sports Club *36: Smith, Woolloongabba* 36: Kallis, Newlands 35: Fleming, Basin Reserve 30: Root, Lords #CricketSky #TestCricket

Kemar Roach dismisses Kane Williamson for the 6th time - in just 9 Tests. #NZvWI #CricketSky

Great back story of Brendan Doggett by Bharat Sundaresan #CricketSky www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news...

😉Looks like even Ralph Fiennes managed to bowl Mike Atherton for a duck #CricketSky

Numbats relaxing: one of many special photos by "the numbat whisperer" Lyn Alcock. #NaturePhotography

I've never seen such a nice pear shaped Venn diagram before: Fig 2 from "The relationships of viral and protozoal co-infections to Chlamydia pecorum infection and chlamydiosis outcomes in northern koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)" by Muir et al PLoS Pathog 2025 21(11): e1013632. #Science 🧪

My fave from the 2025 Nature InFocus photography competition winners: Nautilus Clinging On To Drifting Leaf by Tinnapat Netcharussaeng. #SciArt #NaturePhotography

How hard could it be to cover Australian cricket in <5000 words? No worries if you're Andy Frank in this month's Australian Geographic. #CricketSky www.australiangeographic.com.au/history-cult...

😊A panel from the national treasure First Dog On The Moon's cartoon: "First Day of the Ashes Test". #CricketSky

My fave from the 2025 Nature Conservancy Australia Oceania Photo Contest: "Peacock mantis shrimp holding her clutch of eggs" by Peter McGee. #SciArt #NaturePhotography

My fave from the short-listed finalists of the 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards: Wingecarribee River Darter by Jacqui Davey. #SciArt #BirdPhotography

An amazing shot of the Andes from a plane by Andrea Araya (one of the latest "Guardian readers’ best photographs") #SciArt #NaturePhotography

😉Wisden wines? But not yet encouraging any of Trav's. #CricketSky

Wow, Smudge, what a catch! #CricketSky www.cricket.com.au/videos/44005...

This 43min video is about the Melbourne Renegades their successful 2024 WBBL campaign, but watch it for the incredibly moving Josie Dooley story. #CricketSky www.cricket.com.au/videos/43975...

Face pareidolia - so that's what seeing faces is called. Fig 1A from Blake Saurels, Amanda Robinson & Jessica Taubert "Increased susceptibility to the face pareidolia illusion in Visual Snow syndrome" Perception 2025, new online. #SciArt #Science 🧪

One of the panels from "Moving In" by the wonderful Edith Pritchett #SciArt

"Handy" warty yate (Eucalyptus megacornuta) flower bud. Photo by Dr Dean Nicolle/Currency Creek Arboretum. #SciArt

This piece by Katya Witney includes another motivator for Alyssa Healy & Beth Mooney: "...Richa Ghosh has been the standout keeper-bat in this World Cup..." #CricketSky www.wisden.com/series/icc-w...

Lesson sadly not learned: Elysse Perry makes 32 to help put her team in a good position, gets cramp, retires for some therapy & comes back to secure the win vs INDW; Smriti Mandhana makes 88 to put her team in a good position, gets cramp, gets out on a big hit & India lose vs ENGW. #CricketSky

Alyssa Healy joins the 7000 runs club (3 cricket formats sum): DevineS 7681 PerryE 7517 KnightH 7464 AthapaththuC 7446 BeaumontT 7185 WolvaardtL 7114 HealyA 7101 #CricketSky

My fave from the 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography prizes: Volvox algae in a water droplet by Jan Rosenboom. #SciArt

Finally, something Pez can't play: harmonica! #CricketSky www.cricket.com.au/videos/43815...

This is curious: women's world cup wicketkeeper ODI performances over last 3 years - what's up with Richa &/or the IND-W bowlers in terms of behind the wicket dismissals? #CricketSky

Most not outs in Women's ODI World Cup cricket history: Player Span Mat Inns NotOuts EA Perry (AUS-W) 2009-2025 28 25 11👑 JL Gunn (ENG-W) 2005-2017 25 22 10 A Mohammed (WI-W) 2005-2022 23 17 10 LA Fullston (AUS-W) 1982-1988 20 12 9 KL Rolton (AUS-W) 1997-2009 28 22 9 #CricketSky

😉After yesterday's ENG-W v BAN-W World Cup cricket game, the ICC has issued a guidance that communication of 3rd umpire decisions is hereafter strictly limited to only 1 of the following 3 options: 1. Yes indeed 2. Yeah, nah 3. No way. #CricketSky

My fave from the 2025 Siena International Photo Awards: juvenile Pinnate Batfish panning shot by Luis Arpa. #SciArt #NaturePhotography

Can you see the face in the whale too? From Jem Cresswell's new book "Giants". #SciArt #NaturePhotography

With her 4th catch in the AUS-W v NZ-W game, Suzie Bates broke the record for the number of catches taken in a Women's World Cup ODI - just 1 day after Vishni Gunurate had equaled the old 3-catch record of Gill Smith & Anne Gordon. Another fielding record for super Suzie #CricketSky

When Vishni Gunurate took this fabulous catch, she equalled the long-standing Women's World Cup fielding record of 3 catches in a match - now co-held by her, Gill Smith & Anne Gordon #CricketSky www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...

My fave from the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year awards: Black & White Swan by Raoul Slater. #SciArt #BirdPhotography

Here's what I'm looking forward to most, cricket-wise, in the immediate future: 1. The first game of the 2025 WODI World Cup 2. Fewer stories on Harmanpreet ordaining/predicting the future 3. Fewer stories about handshakes or lack thereof #CricketSky

Heather Graham, via a couple of WNCL games, getting a better World Cup warmup than many: 3/42 & 4 then 90 & 2/65. #CricketSky

Fig 5b from PNAS 2025 122:e2420092122 "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient & growing rapidly" by Reese Richardson, Spencer Hong, Jennifer Byrne, Thomas Stoeger and Luís Nunes Amaral. Useful data sources, sharp analyses & important conclusions. #Science🧪